Ornamental Invasive Species
Nurseries and landscapers participating in Go Beyond Beauty have committed not to sell high-priority invasive plants. These include plants on our region’s Top 20 list, as well as early detection species (the first two pages of plants on the document Invasive Ornamental Plants of Northwest Michigan). Though both plants are on ISN’s early detection lists, participants may continue to sell water lettuce and water hyacinth by posting this sign in a highly visible location next to both species. We’d like to see all nurseries and landscapers in our region (and beyond!) adopt a policy not to sell plants that pose risk to natural areas.
For a nursery to be listed as a purveyor of native plants, it must carry a minimum of twenty species identified as native to Michigan on either the USDA plants database or on Michigan Flora. Cultivars of native plants do not count towards the requisite twenty species.
For a nursery to be listed as a purveyor of native plants, it must carry a minimum of twenty species identified as native to Michigan on either the USDA plants database or on Michigan Flora. Cultivars of native plants do not count towards the requisite twenty species.
